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METALLIC & NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES
OF PAKISTAN
Summary of Mineral Data in
Pakistan
(in metric tonnes)
S.NO |
DEPOSIT TYPE |
MINERAL |
RESERVE SIZE |
ANNUAL PRODUCTION
(Average) |
|
1 |
METALS |
Antimony |
Small |
35 |
|
2 |
Chromite |
Small to Medium |
27,458 |
|
3 |
Iron ore |
-do- |
24,322 |
|
4 |
Manganese |
Small |
655 |
|
5 |
NON-METALS |
Agglomerate |
Large |
366 |
|
6 |
- Building & Dimension Stones |
Aragonite/Marble |
-do- |
497,317 |
|
7 |
Basalt |
-do- |
217 |
|
8 |
Building stone |
-do- |
16,011 |
|
9 |
Conglomerate |
-do- |
276 |
|
10 |
Ebry stone |
Medium |
209 |
|
11 |
Granite |
Large |
5,676 |
|
12 |
Gravel |
-do- |
19,684 |
|
13 |
Onyx marble |
-do- |
28,780 |
|
14 |
Ordinary stone |
-do- |
1,887 |
|
15 |
Sand / Bajri |
-do- |
92,670 |
|
16 |
Sandstone |
-do- |
2,255 |
|
17 |
Serpentine |
-do- |
4,204 |
|
18 |
Slate stone |
-do- |
108,182 |
|
19 |
- Clays |
Ball clay |
Small |
1,371 |
|
20 |
Bentonite |
-do |
19,983 |
|
21 |
China clay |
Small to Medium |
61,403 |
|
22 |
Clays * |
Large |
2,934,218 |
|
23 |
Fire clay |
Medium |
124,003 |
|
24 |
Fuller’s earth |
-do- |
18,446 |
|
25 |
- Chemical, Fertilizer &
Industrial Minerals |
Asbestos |
Small |
60 |
|
26 |
Barite |
Large |
26,002 |
|
27 |
Bauxite |
Small |
22,360 |
|
28 |
Brine |
Medium |
55,903 |
|
29 |
Calcite |
Small to Medium |
15 |
|
30 |
Celestite |
Small |
838 |
|
31 |
Chalk |
-do- |
7,945 |
|
32 |
Dolomite |
Large |
276,668 |
|
33 |
Feldspar |
Small |
32,012 |
(in metric tonnes)
S.NO |
DEPOSIT TYPE |
MINERAL |
RESERVE SIZE |
ANNUAL PRODUCTION
(Average) |
|
34 |
|
Flint stone |
-do- |
73 |
|
35 |
Fluorite |
-do- |
579 |
|
36 |
Gypsum |
Large |
384,513 |
|
37 |
Lake salt |
Small |
16,035 |
|
38 |
Laterite |
-do- |
21,532 |
|
39 |
|
Limestone |
Large |
8,697,573 |
|
40 |
Magnesite |
-do- |
4,535 |
|
41 |
Millstone |
Small |
1,257 |
|
42 |
Nepheline Syenite |
-do- |
70 |
|
43 |
Ochres / Red oxides ** |
Medium |
12,780 |
|
44 |
Orpiment |
Small |
29 |
|
45 |
Phosphate |
-do- |
1,074 |
|
46 |
Pumice |
-do- |
1,577 |
|
47 |
Quartz |
-do- |
485 |
|
48 |
Quartzite |
Small to medium |
1,457 |
|
49 |
Rock salt |
Large |
1,212,366 |
|
50 |
Silica sand |
-do- |
157,300 |
|
51 |
Soapstone |
Medium to large |
46,486 |
|
52 |
Sulphur |
Small |
527 |
|
53 |
Talc stone (Talc) |
-do- |
260 |
|
54 |
Trona |
-do- |
3,446 |
|
55 |
FUELS |
Coal |
Large |
3,105,715 |
|
56 |
|
Natural Gas
(trillion cubic feet) |
41.978893
(26.98237) |
923,758
(million CFT) |
|
57 |
|
Crude Oil
(million barrels) |
765.237
(300.203) |
23,195,048
(US barrels) |
|
58 |
|
Uranium |
N. A. |
N. A. |
* Argillaceous clay, clay and shale
** Ochres, red ochres and red oxide
CFT Cubic Feet
Note:
1. Some minor minerals mined only sporadically are excluded.
2. Commodity names are those as reported by the Provincial DMMD’s.
3.
Pakistan’s large deposits of copper and small to medium deposits of gold and zinc & lead in Balochistan are expected to be in production within next 3 years.
4. Figures given against oil and gas show original reserves while those in parentheses indicate balance recoverable reserves.
N. A. = Data not available. |
